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La Fabricaccion de l’ennemie [Translated into Arabic]

This report highlights some of the major milestones of the Arab democratic transition. The countries covered include Tunisia, Egypt, Libya,Syria and Yemen.

International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity [Translated into Arabic]

Algerian Security Policy: Determinants, Fields and Challenges [Arabic]

Findings from the Arab Opinion Index show that the Arab public has broadly negative views of the performance of their countries’ legislative councils.

Interest Iranian foreign policy in Africa could be treat back to the sixties of the last twentieth century, when African states attained their independence.

Changes in the methods and tactics of terrorist groups have triggered continuous and permanent legislative change nationally and internationally.

The referendum on the new Moroccan constitution in July 2011, which varied readings and perspectives around it, between supporters of the methodology and implications brought as necessary step towards democracy.

Military interventions in political life are a common occurrence across Africa, the Arab Region and the Third World in general, a phenomenon described by various observers as the situating of the military establishment within public life. Algeria, a country which earned its freedom as recently as 1962, stands out as an example where the military establishment continues to play a decisive role in public affairs. This paper focuses on the role played by the Algerian military in the country’s public life, with a special focus on the relationship of the military with the presidency. It closely examines the developments which took place in the period between Algerian independence and the first direct involvement of a military junta in public affairs in the early 1990s, followed by the Bouteflika presidency (1999-2015). The author divides the Bouteflika presidency into two distinct periods, stretching from 1999 to 2008 and from 2008 onwards. It was during the Bouteflika presidency that the military’s role was circumscribed by the constitution, which has raised questions about his connections with the military and security establishment given his eagerness to stand for a fourth term despite his severe health problems.

Book Title: The Dialogue between Islam and Secularism in Kurdistan: A Study of the Confluence between Islam and Secularism [Arabic]